Safety-rack.



E. J. PERLEY.

SAFETY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 25, 191;.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 25, 1911.

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A PLANOGRAPH c EDGAR J. PERLEY, OF EMERSON, IOWA.

SAFETY-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1912.

App1ication filed January 25, 1911. Serial No. 604,511.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I EDGAR J. PERLEY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Emerson, in the county ofMills and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Safety-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

-This invention relates to improvements in the combination rack forhats, coats and umbrellas.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which by the operation of the detent by means of a key willsimultaneously look a hat, coat or umbrella to the rack.

Another object of the invention is to provide means on the hat and coatrack which is adapted to engage means which in turn has engagement withan umbrella holding means whereby the hat and coat portion of the rackand the umbrella portion may be simultaneously operated.

A furtherobject resides in the peculiar construction of the movable jawof the hat and coat suspending portion and the means for opening theumbrella clamping portion.

These and other objects will be apparent from the following descriptionand with particular reference to the accompanying drawings, but it willbe understood that changes of this specific structure shown anddescribed may be made within the scope of the claim, without departingfrom the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is a front elevation of a rackmade in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thesame. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. .1.Fig. at is a horizontal sectional view on the line 4. 4. of Fig. 3. Fig.5 is a rear end elevational view of the clamping aws.

Referring particularly to the drawings, 1 represents a suitable housingwhich is adapted to be secured to a support by means of screws 3 orother suitable fastenings passed through openings in the plates 2. Theouter ends of the plates 2 are hingedly connected to the curved guardplates 4: which have the horizontally disposed flanges 5 perforated sothat the same may be secured by means of screws or other suitablefastenings respectively to the upper and lower walls of the housing. Theplates 4 protect against the removal of the screws 3 in an attempt tocarry away the rack.

The side of the housing is provided with a hinged door 6 by means ofwhich access is obtained to the mechanism within the said housing.Secured to the exterior of the front wall of the housing, by anysuitable means, is a stationary jaw 7 which is of approximatelysemi-circular outline, and provided on its free end with a ball knob 8formed of any suitable material such as rubber or felt. The attachingportion of the said jaw comprises a member 9 from the upper end ofwhich, and in an outward direction extends the above mentioned jaw 7. Ata point indicated at 10 where the said jaw projects from the portion 9is formed a vertical guide opening 11 to be later referred to, and alsoin a vertical line below and integral with the lower portion of saidmember 9 is a vertically perforated lug 12 which will also be laterdescribed Above the jaw 7 is another jaw adapted to cooperate therewithand of similar construction 18. This jaw is also provided with a ballknob 14 at one end, and at the inner end of the curved portion of saidjaw is formed integrally a horizontally disposed member 15 which extendswithin the housing, and is pivotally mounted at 16 on a bracket 17located within said housing. An opening 18 is formed in the front wallof the housing through which the jaw 13 projects, and to permit theoutward swing of said jaw I form the upper wall of said opening with abeveled face 19. The inner end of the member 15 turns up slightly at 20,and has its lower face scored or corrugated and adapted to cooperatewith the scored or corrugated upper end of a detent 21 pivotally mountedwithin the housing at 22. Secured in the rear wall of the housing is aspring 23 adapted to bear against the rear face of the detent 21 and tohold the same in its normal forward position. The detent 21 is adaptedto swing so that this upper end engages the lower face of the portion 20of the member 15 and to hold these parts together I provide a spring 241secured at one end to said member 15 and at its opposite end within thehousing. Thus the normal tendency of the aw 13 is to fly open under theinfluence of the spring 24, but is only prevented from doing so when thedetent 21 is under the portion 20, but

as soon as said detent is swung from under the member 20, the spring 2 1will immediately draw down the portion 15 causing the jaw 13 to raise,thus opening the jaws. The detent is swung into an out-of-position bymeans of a key 25 inserted through a keyhole 26 in one wall of thehousing, a

part of said key engaging in a V-shaped cut 27 or other suitably formednotch in the lower end of said detent.

Secured to the outer face of the front wall of said housing and in aline vertically below the aforesaid lug 12 is a casting comprising theattaching flanges 2S, and outwardly extending lugs 29 which areperforated vertically in alinement with the openings of the said lug 12and with said opening 11. A pair of jaws 3O hingedly connected at 31 aredisposed between the lugs 29 and are held in position relative to thesaid lugs and pivoted together by means of a pin 32 passing through saidlugs and the hinged portion of said jaws. The outer ends 38 of the jawsare curved out slightly, and lined within with a soft gripping material3 1, which may be cork, rubber, felt,

or the like, and between which is adapted to be placed an umbrella orcane. The opposite ends of the jaws have their inner faces downwardlyand inwardly inclined for a purpose now to be described.

Mounted to slide vertically through the respective openings 11 throughthe lug 12 and the upper of the lugs 29 is a jaw operating rod 36 havinga pin '37 disposed transversely therethrough at a suitable distanceabove the lug 29, and encircling said rod and disposed between the pinand the lug is a coiled spring whose force is exerted in an upwarddirection to force said rod normally upward into an inoperative position. The lower end of the rod is formet with a downwardly taperingconical head 39 which engages with the inclined faces of the jaws 30, toforce said jaws apart. At the junction of the curved portion of the jaw13 and the member 15 is an outwardly directed extension 10 whichisadapted to engage the upper end of the rod 36 to force the samedownwardly when the said jaw 13 is closed.

In the operation of the device, the parts being in the position shown indotted lines in Fig. 3, a coat and hat are placed on the jaw 7 over theball 8, at the same time, an umbrella or caneis slipped between theportions of the jaws 30, when the jaw 13 is pulled down. This causes'theportion 10 to engage the upper end of the rod and force the conical headdownward to spread the rear ends of the jaws 30, which closes the ends33 effectively clamping the umbrella 0r cane. In the meantime, thedetent 21 under the influence of the spring is sprung under the portion20 as said portion 20 wipes past said detent to the position shown infull lines of said figure, the scored face forming a positive grip, andpreventing the parts being forced away from each other until the key 25is inserted in the opening to force said detent back into the positionof the dotted lines.

It will thus be seen that the device is simple and easily operated, andwill effectively retain a hat and coat and umbrella in position. It willalso further be noticed that the key is adapted to stay in the lock whenthe parts are in the dotted position, to prevent the user carryingthekey away with him when he has no further use for the rack, but whichis adapted to be removed when the garments have been locked thereon.

What is claimed is:

A locking garment rack comprising a housing having an outwardly flaringopening in the upper portion of the front wall thereof, a bracketsecured to the outer portion of the walls below the opening, saidbracket carrying a clamping jaw, a vertically perforated extension onthe bracket, a spring-pressed plunger vertically slid-able through theopening in the extension, the said jaw having a vertical opening toreceive said plunger, a bracket mounted on the front wall within thebox, adjacent the opening, a jaw pivotally mounted in the bracketandadapted for cooperation with the first-named jaw, an arm on thelastnanicd jaw extending within the housing, the inner end of said armbeing upwardly inclined and having a roughened lower face, a verticallyarranged pivoted detent, a spring for holding the detent normally in thevertical position in engagement with the roughened face of the said arm,a bifurcated lower end on the detent for engagement by a key for movingsaid detent, an out *ardly extending lug on the pivoted aw engaging withthe upper end of said plunger, and a spring for raising the pivoted awwhen the detent is moved out of engagement therewith.

in testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

It. M. SnirnnN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C."

